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New Mexico governor eyes $5 million to boost pay for chile workers
Aug. 6—Amid concerns a farmworker shortage could devastate New Mexico's chile harvest this year, the administration of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is considering allotting $5 million in federal stimulus funds to temporarily raise their pay. "Our plan is to make it happen, and we're working quickly to put the pieces in motion, but the details are still being finalized," Nora Meyers Sackett, the ...